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Ecumenical Relations Committee

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NEWS AND EVENTS

On this page you can find out about the latest news and events from the Ecumenical Relations Committee.

Events

Ecumenical Kirchentag 2010

That You May Have Hope: Munich - 12-16 May 2010

People from all over the world will gather in Munich for Europe's largest ecumenical Christian festival. 100,000 full-time participants are expected to attend. There will be hundreds of events, including Bible studies, lectures, concerts, exhibitions, joint singing, theatre and more.

An admission pass for the event, including transport, costs 89 Euros (54 reduced). For a fee of 17 Euros, free bed and breakfast accommodation can be arranged with private hosts. You will have to arrange your own travel and food.

If you would like to participate you may register online from late October here: www.oekt.de. You may also visit the British website here www.kirchentag.org.uk

You can download the flyer in PDF format here:


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Third Local Ecumenical Partnership Gathering

These Gatherings are opportunities for people involved with, or interested in Local Ecumenical Partnerships to meet and share information. The third Gathering will be held on 13 March at Augustine United Church, Edinburgh. The theme is 'Getting to know you'. The morning session will focus on 'Traditions in Conversation'. This will be an interactive conversation between guests and participants. Guests will be Rev John Humphreys, Moderator, United Reformed Church National Synod of Scotland, Very Rev Dr Sheilagh Kesting, Ecumenical Officer, Church of Scotland, Rt Rev Brian Smith, Bishop of Edinburgh, Scottish Episcopal Church and Rev Lily Twist, Chair of the Methodist Synod in Scotland.

The afternoon session will bring news from the Scottish Churches National Sponsoring Body for LEPs and introduce introduce peer accompaniement as the new method for carrying out ecumenical reviews.

The programme and application form can be downloaded in Pdf format here:


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News

Our newsletter

Latest news from the Ecumenical Relations Committee is available here in our downloadable newsletter.

Download our February 2010 Newsletter:

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In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the Committee on Ecumenical Relations pages

Our global family
Working together with partners and other churches throughout Scotland and internationally

News and events
The latest updates from the committee and partnership news

Resources
A range of information and resources to download

Contact us
How to get in touch with the committee and our staff

Links
A list of helpful external website links

 

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